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Show SM00T ACTS AS SPONSOR Three Tieasury Department Bills Introduced In-troduced In Senate by Utah Senator. Washington, Jan. 26. At tho request re-quest of tho secrotary of tho treasury, treas-ury, Senntor Smoot has introduced In tho Scnuto threo bills nffectlng tho treasury department and finances of tho government. Tho flnnnco commlttco commlt-tco today considered theso measures, Secretary MneVeogh appearing beforo It. One bill authorizes tho socretary of tho treasury to Include gold bullion and foreign gold coin's nmong tho gold that is held in the treasury to secure gold notes .This bullion nnd foreign gold coin enn bo used for export, nnd would save $40,000 a year In coining. Another bill nuthorlzos tho recolpt of certified checks drawn -on national banks for duties on Imports nnd Intor-nal Intor-nal taxes. Under tho present laws such taxes must be paid Ifi gold. Tho third bill prohibits tho use of Panama three per cent bonds by banks as deposits to socuro circulation. circula-tion. The two per cent bonds now used for this purpose nro plenty.' thoro being $200,000,000 of them nvnll-ablo, nvnll-ablo, and It-is estimated that tho uso of tho threo per cento would disturb tho equilibrium of tho present nrrango-ments. nrrango-ments. Senator Smoot called nt tho Whlto Houso today and discussed with President Pres-ident Taft tho administration legislative legis-lative program. Tho senator found tho President hopeful thnt his program would bo carried out boforo adjournment. adjourn-ment. The senator has received a great number of letters and tolegrams congratulating con-gratulating him upon his recent speech opposing tho plan of revising tho tariff schedule by schedule Today ho Introduced a bill granting grant-ing a pension of $30 a month to John W. A .Lawson of Bountiful, Utah. Senator Sutherland has accepted an Invitation to mako tho principal speech at the alumni dinner of-tho University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, In New York, February 4. |